NORU 
noru, no‘unoru (continued). 
of one’s hope; noru hono, to be wind- 
bound (of a sailing party). 
noruhe ‘ini tr. ; 
noruhe‘i v. i., nou sa‘a noruhe'i pele, I shall 
not be confounded. 
i noruha v. n., used with poss. 3; relying on, 
because of. Florida noru. 
noruto‘o used with poss. 3; to trust, to rely 
on. to‘o. 
noruto‘onga trust. 
noto v. i., to cease, to desist, to be quiet. 
mwamwanoto, maenoto. noto nguu, to 
cease speaking; moto ‘arawa, to die 
suddenly; noto ‘arawanga, sudden death. 
Wango goto. 
nou S., pers. pron., sing. 1; used as subject of 
verb. 
nue, nunue v. i., to anoint; rumu nue maa, eye 
ointment. 
nuenuala adj., glistening, brilliant; 
nuenuala, a glistening snake. 
nuku, nunuku v. i., to kink, to have corruga- 
tions in, to shrivel, wrinkle; muku dara, 
to wrinkle the forehead; nuku maa, to 
wrinkle, to screw up, the face. 
nukumi tr., to crease, to fold. 
nukunukula U., adj., shriveled up. 
nume S., nima U., n., a house; mume ineu, my 
house; mume ni mwane, church; 4 numaa 
ola, at So-and-so’s house; nume gala, 
name of a cicada (empty house), its 
presence taken as a sign of death, a bad 
omen; hat nume, in the house; huli 
nume, house site, plat; huui lume, a 
collection of houses, village; iduidu 
nume, to go from house to house, to 
gad about; koluhaana nume, roof of a 
house; maai nume, door; mara nume, in 
front of the house, courtyard; mdi i 
nume, within the house; 4 mamalutana 
nume, on the veranda; mwela ni nume, 
child of the house; pipisine nume, eaves 
of the house; mu poopootana nume, 
foundations of the house; pungui nume, 
a group of houses; riridine nume, eaves 
of the house; ko ru‘u i nume, goes back 
into the house; ko sisilihie mu nume, 
goes into houses; talaa nume, a besom; 
to‘utohu nume, to build a house; poo ni 
nume, domesticated pig; wat mume, in 
the house. Mota imwa, San Cristoval 
vumwa, Wedau numa, Malay luma. 
nunu 1. v. i., to quake (of ground), to be 
unstable, loose (of a post). 2. v., and 
n., earthquake, nga nunu e nunu, there 
was an earthquake. Wango xnunu, 
Maori ruru. 
nunu 3. (ku) n., shadow (of persons), reflection, 
likeness, life, soul. M. A., p. 252; ko 
tola ‘éliho‘t ana nunune, recovers its 
soul; talo nunu, to photograph; nunu 
e tola, there was an earthquake. 
i nunuha used with poss. 3; because of, 
owing to. Florida nunu, Malo nunu, 
Bougainville Straits nono, Wango nunu. 
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nunu 4. nunuli, to sting (of the stinging trees) 
nunula‘o and apune wa‘i. 
nunu‘e pulu nunu‘e, to‘o nunu‘e, 
specked. Wango nunu, dust. 
nunuhe‘i S., v. i., nunuhe's ge‘u, to enter, to 
be entangled in. 
nunula‘o n., stinging-nettle tree, with large 
leaves, often planted asafence. nunu 4. 
nunuli to sting. mnunu 4. 
nunulu v. i., to wither (of trees, etc.). 
nun, to shed leaves. 
nunurete 1. v. i., to be feeble, to tremble from 
weakness. nunu 1, rete. 2. n., trem- 
bling, fear. 
nusi U., tahanga awa nusi, a measure, just on 
a fathom. 
nuto 1. n., a squid, caught by spearing with 
a hair comb (arapa) fastened on a rod. 
nuto, nutonuto 2. ‘o‘o nuto, to bow the head. 
NG 
The palatal nasal and has the sound of ng 
in singer. 
nga 1. article, demonstrative, a, the; used in 
the singular number only; in Sa‘a asa 
rule mga is not used of parts of the body, 
but in Ulawa it is freely used; nouns in 
the singular may be used without mga 
except when there is a sense of any or a. 
nga taa, S., nga taha, U., what; ngaini, 
S., ngaile, U., some one; xga’eta, S., 
ngaite, U., another, a certain; mgathei, 
U., who. 
nga 2. noun ending, added to verbs, adjectives 
and other nouns: mae, to die; maenga, 
death; mamaela‘a, weak; mamaela‘anga, 
weakness; ngingddi niho, to gnash the 
teeth; ngdngidi nihonga, gnashing of 
the teeth. Maori mga. 
ngaa, ngaangaa v. tr., to eat; maanaa, used to 
children; e ngaa ‘oto, did he eat it; melu 
ka‘a ola ni ngaa, we have no food, lit., 
thing of eating. 
ngaangaa 1. v.i., tospread (of ulcers). 2.v.i., 
to crack with a loud noise (of trees about 
to fall). 
ngddi 1. n., flint; me‘t ngedi, S., masi ngedi, U., 
a flint; hdu ngedi, flint rock; kilu ni 
ngedi, a hole in which flints are found. 
2. an axe; ugddi weuwe, a stone axe 
spotted, 
Mota 
(grandfather’s axe). Motu madi, stone; 
Florida nagi. Guppy “Solomon Is- 
lands,”’ p. 77. 
ngadi, nga‘ingedi 3. v. i., to be firm; suesuelaa 
e ngddi, the foundation is firm; hele 
ngG‘ingedi, to hold fast. Wango nasi. 
ngado (na, ni) i nmgadona ‘aena, before him, at 
his feet. 
ngae (ku) 1. suli geri ngae, sult geri i ngaena, 
backbone. 2. lio i ngaet maa, S., lio 
4 ngaena maa, U., to look askance at, 
to envy; lio i ngae maanga, n., envy. 
nga‘eta S., ngaite U., some, one, another, a; 
‘eta, ite. nga‘eta po‘o ni nime, the other 
hand; ana nga‘eta dinge, on another day. 
ngaé‘i verb suffix used intransitively: usu usu- 
nge't. ngéa‘ini. 
